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New Template.Pub THE BACK TO SCHOOL ISSUE September 2009 Volume 3, Issue What’s New at EPN Inside this issue: End Poverty Now is excited for the fall of 2009 as many new initiatives will be- gin. Not only will our chapter groups commence their work (warm thanks to McGill, Guelph and the University of British Columbia), but we will also be recruit- What’s New at EPN 1 ing new staff and members. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportu- nity and join the EPN team. Poverty in the News 2 Email [email protected] for information on the positions available for staff, writers, photographers, educators, event coordinators, overseas interns, and nu- From the Grassroots: 3 merous other opportunities. Harvesting hope in the Philippines We are also proud to announce the launch of EPN’s curriculum, “Your Class- EPN School Outreach 4 room, Your World: Poverty 101”. There are two curriculums in place for middle school and high school. These lesson plans engage youth on international issues, Quantity versus Quality - 4 poverty alleviation techniques, and how your school can become involved in the Where Microfinance is global movement to End Poverty Now. Now Email [email protected] for more information. Featured Organization: 6 The Drop-in Center EPN’s first academic journal, “Means to an End,” is also being launched for this When Money Grows on 7 September. It will be found at universities and libraries across Canada. For a copy Trees, maybe it’s not a Good Thing or a more extensive list of its availability, email [email protected]. Book and Movie 9 Suggestions Stay tuned as there are many great things to come from EPN in the coming months in the areas of Education, Grassroots Projects and InReach. For more in- formation, come to our general meeting in mid-September or contact us at any time. Jennifer Sault Executive Director Our Mission End Poverty Now is an organization that is dedicated to the long-term bat- tle against abject poverty. End Poverty Now represents a group of dedi- cated individuals, mainly students, who want to make a difference in the world through working to address the causes and relieve the effects of pov- erty. For more information on how to get involved with End Poverty Now, check out our website at www.endpovertynow.ca. To contribute to the production of the newsletter, e-mail [email protected]. Page 2 Poverty in the News by Valerie Bello Here are some of the stories posted last month on our Poverty in the News website on Twitter at www.twitter.com/epnnews: How the Other Half Life: A new “documentary series that aims to show what it means to grow up in poverty in 21st-century Britain. In each episode, a wealthy family decides to assist one that is living be- low the poverty line.” http://www.channel4.com/programmes/how-the-other-half-live A critique of this new series can be found here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/02/poverty-reality-tv UNDP: Poverty, Conflict Inhibit Arab Development: The latest “report by more than 100 intellectuals from Arab countries” argues that “poverty, unemployment, authoritarian rule and conflict are undermin- ing freedoms and quality of life for people in the Middle East and North Africa” http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-31-voa42.cfm Poverty Sucks Clothing: A clothing company whose mission includes proving “the highest/best quality clothing and apparel products to our customers at the lowest prices possible while working to end pov- erty by supporting high impact grass root projects here in the U.S and around the world.” Note that “portions of all proceeds will be used in our mission to end poverty here in the U.S. and aboard, be- cause.... Poverty Sucks!” http://www.povertysucksclothing.com/ Valerie Bello Poverty in the News Officer [email protected] Help us be better! THANK YOUs If you are interested in contributing to the This letter could not be possible without our newsletter, weather you want to help us wonderful staff and volunteers. edit, research, write articles or how ever A special thank you goes to our writers for giv- else you think you can help us, please let us ing us amazing material and to our editors know by writing to: Nina McCurdy and Reem Javaid. [email protected] . We would also be more than happy to hear Thank you for taking the time to help us! your comments and suggestions! Laura Nhem Newsletter Officer [email protected] Page 3 From the Grassroots: Harvesting Hope in the Philippines The Tribal People’s Backyard Gardening Project by Alysha Kassam, Director of Grassroots Projects End Poverty Now is proud to partner with the International Association for Transformation (IAT) on the Tribal People’s Backyard Gardening Project in Northern Philippines. The IAT is a Canadian non-profit organisation that works on environmental, social, and educational projects while collaborating with Indigenous peoples. The Tribal People’s Backyard Gardening Project is aimed at helping 21 families, made up of approximately 168 individu- als across four villages. Due to a lack of fencing, one of the main challenges the villagers faced was roaming animals who were searching for food. These animals, such as pigs, dogs and chickens, damaged and defecated on the villagers’ pro- duce and crops. An additional challenge was the farmers’ inability to cultivate the land to its full potential. The project was aimed at helping villagers address these problems, and began at the end of October in 2008. It is due to end in October of this year. Throughout the program, community members and families Tribal People’s Backyard Gardening Project – have attended workshops and training sessions organised by Establishing a communal garden in early January an on-site community facilitator. During these sessions, villagers gained knowledge about backyard gardening and its implications. Shovels and seeds were purchased, and land preparation began. A variety of seeds were sowed includ- ing beans, cabbage, eggplant, squash and tomato. The fences demarcate the gardens and fend off the animals from destroying the produce; therefore chain links for fences were acquired. The fences do not need much mainte- nance, and more importantly, they protect the produce from the invaders. For its implementation, the Backyard Gardening Project relied principally on beneficiaries at the grassroots level. Beneficiaries also received training on how to manage and save their earnings in addition to the establishment of a savings and loan group. Harvesting began late last year, in December, and by March 2009, savings had already been accumulated. Gardens and vegetable plots are tended to by the families, working according to different shifts. The families have also built specific enclosures for the pigs and dogs to prevent them from damaging the agricultural yields. The advantages and benefits of this development project are manifold relating to health, nutrition and sanitation. Firstly, the inhabitants have access to fresh produce and are able to provide healthy food for their fami- lies. This also has benefits for their health, particularly the children’s, since their diets are composed of nutritious food and are hence able to fight diseases and infections. They no longer have to scavenge or starve, nor worry about a food source. Excess crop also serves as income generation for the families, which helps improve families’ economic condition and stimulates the local economy. Additionally, sanitation is improved since animals no longer have access to the vegetable gardens. With this project, other villagers are encouraged and can be inspired to un- dertake similar initiatives by preparing and fencing their plot of land and growing their own food. The photographs are but a glimpse of the actual progress, however the positive results that have been achieved are felt lo- cally and abroad. The seeds being harvested are not only providing nutritious crops, but are bringing change and a new beginning for a healthy future. Page 4 EPN School Outreach by Andreas Mertens, EPN’s School Outreach Officer EPN School Outreach is dedicated to creating and promoting materials in order to educate secondary school stu- dents on poverty as it is today. Hopefully the information and lesson plans we provide will lead some of them to alleviate poverty, if not work directly with EPN. It is our hope that some of them may even start high school chap- ters. Last fall, we worked to create two series of lesson plans for two distinct grade levels based on the research that was conducted the year before. Since then, we have promoted these lessons by approaching student teach- ers, public and private schools, and school boards. Aalia Surani, the School Outreach Officer at University of British Columbia (UBC), has promoted the lessons in many schools in the area. York House, an all girls, K-12 school has agreed to use our curriculum in all of their 6th grade Social Studies classes starting this school year. EPN will also be making a presentation about the curriculum at the school's International Opportunities Fair in October. Furthermore, the school is interested in working directly with UBC's EPN chapter to volunteer within the community and learn more about our organiza- tion. Andreas Mertens, McGill chapter's School Outreach Officer, is currently working with David LeMay, the History and Citizenship Curriculum Adviser for the English Montreal School Board (EMSB), to create a proposal that, if accepted, would make EPN a resource in the EMSB's 11th grade Contemporary World Class. EPN's arti- cles and research would be used by students in at least five lessons. We could promote these five school board developed and approved lessons independently of the Contemporary World class.
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